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the vice president of technology for the fremont company says his company makes the tenergy wasry. it's used by hobbyists to power remote controlled car and can be bought at hobby shops and online. >> horrified and appalled, appalled and shocked. these batteries are largely used for toys. cars and trucks and to see it used in such a way, just horrifying. >> he says his company has sold tens of thousands of the batteries. he says tracing who bought the one that might have been used in the bombings would be near impossible. however, he said tenergy has contacted boston police and the fbi to offer their assistance. our coverage continues on our website, nbc bay area.com. it's updated around the clock. >>> just into our newsroom, federal agents say kenneth curtis of mississippi has been arrested as the suspect connected to poison letters recently mailed to president obama and a u.s. senator. both those letters tested positive for ricin. ricin is a deadly poison made from castor beans. it can kill within 36 hours and there's no known antidote. an fbi spokesperson says at this point they
the vice president of technology for the fremont company says his company makes the tenergy wasry. it's used by hobbyists to power remote controlled car and can be bought at hobby shops and online. >> horrified and appalled, appalled and shocked. these batteries are largely used for toys. cars and trucks and to see it used in such a way, just horrifying. >> he says his company has sold tens of thousands of the batteries. he says tracing who bought the one that might have been used...
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most businesses have -- and again, it's technology smaller than a hockey puck. people see them if they are aware of them. the little dome can often contain three or four camera heads, sometimes l.e.d. lighting at night. >> this is a radical change from five years ago. all of our cities are wired. some are the official cameras for the boston police department. but almost every business and every person. that's why officials came out early on and said preserve it it. otherwise, those businesses might ordinarily lose that after a couple days. so it needs to be preserved, get to the government. it it takes i'm to get through all that. once you know about the location, and once you know the timeframe, officials can get through that rel relatively rapidly. >> quite extraordinary yesterday. people taking the air shuttle and flying from boston logan to let's say new york were stopped. heard an announcement. before you leave here, ask yourself, do you have any evidence? did you take any pictures of the marathon? i arrived at the amtrak station yesterday and heard the ann
most businesses have -- and again, it's technology smaller than a hockey puck. people see them if they are aware of them. the little dome can often contain three or four camera heads, sometimes l.e.d. lighting at night. >> this is a radical change from five years ago. all of our cities are wired. some are the official cameras for the boston police department. but almost every business and every person. that's why officials came out early on and said preserve it it. otherwise, those...
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. >> scott's beat is business and technology. just over a week ago he covered the first robotics competition in san jose. it's where some of the best and brightest high schoolers show off what they can really do. >> a lot of them come from schools you'd expect but one rookie team came out of nowhere and you won't believe where they are headed next. our gavin thomas picks up the story and talks about our bay area proud series. >> reporter: when mikayla brant walked into apollo high school on her first ever day as a teacher, she said she had one goal, not get eaten alive. apollo is a continuation school, the place for students who weren't doing well or going at all to their regular high school. the kids though, mikayla says, surprised her and together they're surprising a lot of others. their accomplishment is tonight's "bay area proud." >> reporter: the very first, first robotics competition was held more than 20 years ago, which means a lot of the teams at this month's regional in san jose have lots of experience. >> the robot in
. >> scott's beat is business and technology. just over a week ago he covered the first robotics competition in san jose. it's where some of the best and brightest high schoolers show off what they can really do. >> a lot of them come from schools you'd expect but one rookie team came out of nowhere and you won't believe where they are headed next. our gavin thomas picks up the story and talks about our bay area proud series. >> reporter: when mikayla brant walked into apollo...
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. >>> american airlines telling parpgs to expect lingering delays as they recover from a massive technology meltdown. tens of thousands of passengers were stranded yesterday as american and american eagle were forced to cancel 970 flights and delay 1,000 more. late last night, airline ceo and chairman took to youtube to issue a mea culpa. they say it will run at near normal operation today and is working to accommodate the flyers that were affected by the outage. >>> first time since the newtown school massacre, lawmakers are voting on gun control. growing number of republicans and moderate democrats oppose this idea. a press poll finds less than half of americans actually favor the bill. that's down nearly 10% since the days following the newtown school massacre back in december. the senate will also vote on eight other amendments to democratic gun control bill. >>> 4:48. new this morning, thousands of people, including diagram e ini gather to honor briton's former prime minister, margaret thatcher. the capital came to a stand still as lady thatcher's coffin, draped in a union flag, follow
. >>> american airlines telling parpgs to expect lingering delays as they recover from a massive technology meltdown. tens of thousands of passengers were stranded yesterday as american and american eagle were forced to cancel 970 flights and delay 1,000 more. late last night, airline ceo and chairman took to youtube to issue a mea culpa. they say it will run at near normal operation today and is working to accommodate the flyers that were affected by the outage. >>> first...
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it is the next step in wearable technology. lots of people have bands like this on their wrists that will connect to the internet. with google glass the internet comes directly to you. for lisa it is not enough to replace the rest of her technology. >> it only does so much right now. >> reporter: but it is enough for her to get excited when she looks ahead. in palo alt eo, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> it is so futurestic. remember in "star trek" the glasses. not far from it. >> give me the weather forecast. >>> exactly. popping up through people's lenses because i am going to have to do it. monopoly here. nbc will own that maybe. we'll see. record heat for today. temperatures well above average. a few spots shattering old records. santa rosa hit 91. napa airport old record was 78 and we topped out at 87. it is an incredible. if you have plans outside for dinner. 80 in san jose. down into santa cruz temperatures in the 50s. we have updated this forecast through the next 12 hours. i think at the coast we will have clouds t
it is the next step in wearable technology. lots of people have bands like this on their wrists that will connect to the internet. with google glass the internet comes directly to you. for lisa it is not enough to replace the rest of her technology. >> it only does so much right now. >> reporter: but it is enough for her to get excited when she looks ahead. in palo alt eo, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> it is so futurestic. remember in "star trek" the glasses....
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remember years ago the ground-breaking technology at the time? they have a brand new one. these little babies, that were rappers. and on roller skates. this is the old one. >> that was -- >> i forget this one, let's watch it. ♪ ♪ >> this was even before the wonner baby. >> this is "rapper's delight." >> not everyone. >> i guarantee you, my mother doesn't know it. >> we want to see the new one, right? >> the new one they're just releasing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's like their younger selves. >> i let you know -- >> that is brilliant. that is adorable. >> that is brilliant. now, i understand that these folks have given us the baby treatment as well. >> they did? >> i don't know. >> who is that? >> that's who they think -- does that look like me? i'll take it. it looks more like one of tammy sealer's daughters. >> i think it is. >> and where's hoda? >> careful. >> you know what? i'm totally in to her. >> she's adorable. how cute. >> that's fun. >> well, you know what, time takes its toll. >> jim gaines. >> it's not how you start out, it's how you finish. look how go
remember years ago the ground-breaking technology at the time? they have a brand new one. these little babies, that were rappers. and on roller skates. this is the old one. >> that was -- >> i forget this one, let's watch it. ♪ ♪ >> this was even before the wonner baby. >> this is "rapper's delight." >> not everyone. >> i guarantee you, my mother doesn't know it. >> we want to see the new one, right? >> the new one they're just...
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that's fascinating technology. wind, not an issue. some of the hilltops, very gusty, doing some very interesting things with our temperatures, which we'll show you in a moment. let's take you outside to san francisco. you are looking off to the west. the flag is pointing to the left side of the screen reflecting the north wind across some of the higher buildings of downtown san francisco. showing you the temperatures. notice the numbers inland. livermore ought to santa rosa and napa around 3:00 at 70 degrees. we have warmer air mixing down. wind direction is the story. it is a battle between the dry north winds in the hills and an increasing southerly breeze pushing low clouds towards the gate. what happens, you get the dry winds in some of the areas, it compresses and dries out and temperatures start to warm up. those numbers in the upper 60s. in the north bay hill tops and around the east bay this morning. around the bay, mainly clear skies. the sea breeze is going to try to breakthrough toward the evening. 70s to low 80s around the
that's fascinating technology. wind, not an issue. some of the hilltops, very gusty, doing some very interesting things with our temperatures, which we'll show you in a moment. let's take you outside to san francisco. you are looking off to the west. the flag is pointing to the left side of the screen reflecting the north wind across some of the higher buildings of downtown san francisco. showing you the temperatures. notice the numbers inland. livermore ought to santa rosa and napa around 3:00...
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they also wanted to try to inspire science to improve solar technology so you could, in kt f fact, have an airplane that would be able to do this in a commercial sense. they are trying to inspire that. there, you have it. he is right now. burtrom is in the cockpit. they are going to do some pre-flight measures. four electric motors. less horsepower in this airplane than there is in a vespa scooter. it explains why it can only travel ruffle 40 miloughly 40 m. it will fly without expending one drop of fuel. it relies completely on the sun. it will be heading in a north therl direction ov northerly direction toward the water. 3:00, over the bay bridge. 6:00 to 8:00 -- i'm sure. 3:00, over the golden gate bridge. 6:00 to 8:00, over the bay bridge. reporting live on the beautiful runway, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> that is pretty cool. >>> sunny today. what about the visibility? pretty good for that? >> that is one of the places not seeing too much wind. clear skies and warm temperatures. still plenty nice. a little further south to san jose. you are looking at the pretty sunrise view
they also wanted to try to inspire science to improve solar technology so you could, in kt f fact, have an airplane that would be able to do this in a commercial sense. they are trying to inspire that. there, you have it. he is right now. burtrom is in the cockpit. they are going to do some pre-flight measures. four electric motors. less horsepower in this airplane than there is in a vespa scooter. it explains why it can only travel ruffle 40 miloughly 40 m. it will fly without expending one...
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offer a competitive $4 million grant to american companies developing the automated transit network technology, those pod cars allows driverless transit vehicles known as pod cars to run along those magnetic overhead rails. you know, of course, what that makes me think of, right? >> tomorrowland? >> meet george jettison. >> doesn't it, though? you're ready for elroy. >> his boy, elroy. love it. >> there you go. >>> 5:38. the man who claims to be the head of one of the world's biggest hacking groups now in police custody. we'll tell you what officers say he did. >>> plus -- [ horns blowing ] >> little bit of a wake-up call there. remember those annoying horns during the world cup in south africa? the soccer league ended up banning it. now they've created a kinder, gentler move to get the teams pumped up. >>> and a live look outside this morning. you'll notice the temperature drop as you head out the door. 90s, 70s, where are we headed next? rob mayeda is in for christina. it's 5:39. >>> 5:41. federal investigators are in russia, talking to the mother of the accused boston bomber. "today in the
offer a competitive $4 million grant to american companies developing the automated transit network technology, those pod cars allows driverless transit vehicles known as pod cars to run along those magnetic overhead rails. you know, of course, what that makes me think of, right? >> tomorrowland? >> meet george jettison. >> doesn't it, though? you're ready for elroy. >> his boy, elroy. love it. >> there you go. >>> 5:38. the man who claims to be the head...
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a campus police officer for the massachusetts institute of technology or m.i.t. as everyone knows it. he was nearing the end of his shift when he was ambushed by the two brothers shot multiple times in his police cruiser. he died there at the scene. at first this incident was not ken connected to the bombings at the marathon. once calls went over the police radio, police started putting one and one together and adding it up. a chase ensued for the suspects. the next thing that happens along the way when there's a shootout is there's another police officer who is wounded. richard donahue who is 33. he was a transit officer for the transit authority, buses and subways here in boston. he's now fighting for his life at a hospital. he was gravely wounded. he's a father with a young child who is just about 6 months old or so. now another interesting part of this story is that the two men collier and donahue know each other. they were very close friends according to their colleagues. they attended the same police academy together about three years ago and graduated toge
a campus police officer for the massachusetts institute of technology or m.i.t. as everyone knows it. he was nearing the end of his shift when he was ambushed by the two brothers shot multiple times in his police cruiser. he died there at the scene. at first this incident was not ken connected to the bombings at the marathon. once calls went over the police radio, police started putting one and one together and adding it up. a chase ensued for the suspects. the next thing that happens along the...
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the things we talk about in the book is it's very difficult for terrorists in the future to not use technology. it's just the world we're moving into. as they opt into technoly, the room for error becomes much greater. when you're frantic and on the run, you can't possibly follow a checklist every second. >> yeah, look in the car and see if there's a cell phone there because you know it's a tracking device. >> digital fingerprints. both of these young men went online. in the case of the older brother, he had postings on youtube talking about the jihad and jihadists. is there a responsibility for people like googl to be constantly checking those things and alerting law enforcement? >> well, the moment we hear anything that is sort of hate speech or anything inappropriate on youtube, we take it off. that's sort of the best we can do because there's so much coming out. the fact of the matter is people are going to use all of this stuff to post their ideas and you will see it. and maybe you get a better sense that these people a evil by looking at what they're posting. >> in the 15 seconds i have
the things we talk about in the book is it's very difficult for terrorists in the future to not use technology. it's just the world we're moving into. as they opt into technoly, the room for error becomes much greater. when you're frantic and on the run, you can't possibly follow a checklist every second. >> yeah, look in the car and see if there's a cell phone there because you know it's a tracking device. >> digital fingerprints. both of these young men went online. in the case of...